If you are involved in the business of blending tea illegally, the logo will still appear on the packaging. How much % of non-Darjeeling tea is added is not known to me. But the teas they reputedly blend are grown at the foot of the mountains which is technically not Darjeeling provenance but in NJP and Siliguri. These blends can easily pass for 100% Darjeeling to most people. Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life. Cutting, blending, etc., is done to many different products in India. Oils, spices, perfumes, rice, all suffer the same fate at certain levels of marketing.

Tead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.

The question was: Was it legal? I was showing that it isn't. Doesn't prove it doesn't happen. I don't think anyone argued for this. Now, there is something more reliable than speculation based on cultural stereotypes.

Tead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.

The question was: Was it legal? I was showing that it isn't. Doesn't prove it doesn't happen. I don't think anyone argued for this. Now, there is something more reliable than speculation based on cultural stereotypes.

I wonder if you've ever been there? If you've ever had to do business there? Perhaps then you would understand what I am talking about.